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9 Smart Ways for Small Businesses to Incorporate Generative AI
There is no escaping the relentless march of AI. Software companies are rapidly incorporating it into many business tools. This includes tools like Microsoft 365,
9 Smart Ways for Small Businesses to Incorporate Generative AI
There is no escaping the relentless march of AI. Software companies are rapidly incorporating it into many business tools. This includes tools like Microsoft 365,
Adding PoE to a Cisco 890 Series Router
(C891FW-A-K9) In order to add PoE to an 891 router, the datasheet says you need “800-IL-PM-4 with 125W PSU.” I had to use the Cisco Commerce Workspace to generate a config starting with the 800-IL-PM-4= part number and then added the 125W power supply there. The following is what was shipped: The
Outbound faxes from a Dialogic SR140 not using T.38
Had an issue with an IP fax server (RelayFax with a Dialogic SR140 connecting via SIP trunk to an Adtran SBC) where inbound faxes were working fine and using T38 but outbound faxes were never negotiating T.38 and falling back to G.711 passthrough. As a result we were having some unreliable outbound
Remove AddRules.htm from inbound faxes for RelayFax
By default RelayFax will add an attachment to inbound faxes named AddRules.htm. This attachment is a page that will allow users to mark certain fax senders as spammers. In cases where these emails will be picked up by copiers/printers via email, then this attachment can be problematic. In order to
HIPAA Privacy Rule
One of the most common requests from our Flat Fee IT customers, who are in the Health Care industry, has been regarding HIPAA. They are faced with the burden of providing proof of compliance. Just one look at one of our Evidence of HIPAA Compliance Reports and you can see the
Perform a packet capture on an Adtran router
To perform a packet capture directly on an Adtran device do the following: ip access-list extended CAPTURE permit ip any host 1.2.3.4 permit ip host 1.2.3.4 any Where “1.2.3.4” is the IP that you want to watch. Then run debugging on that ACL: debug ip packet CAPTURE detail See https://supportforums.adtran.com/message/2248#2248
How to show logging on the console of an HP Procurve
The Cisco equivalent of “term mon” on an HP Provcurve is: debug destination session
Barracuda ADC Load Balancer with 2012 Remote Desktop Services
We had a problem with a group of Remote Desktop Servers sitting behind a Barracuda ADC Load Balancer. The client either couldn’t connect, or they would connect to a different server even when they had a session open already on another server. There was a group policy change that fixed our problems. Go to
Tuning VMware vSphere ESXi for an EqualLogic iSCSI SAN
Tips on tuning VMware ESXi for EqualLogic SANs. Install Dell MEM Download from here: https://eqlsupport.dell.com/support/download.aspx?id=1484 Important: Unzip the package and inside the package is another zip file. That’s the file that should be uploaded to a datastore so that it’s accessible from the host. SSH into the host and run the
Restart SIP service on CME without reloading the router
In order to restart or reset the SIP service on Cisco CallManager Express (CME) you can do the following: voice service voip sip call service stop no call service stop
Packet capture from a Cisco device and export it to Wireshark
Ran into a situation where I needed to perform a packet capture on the WAN interface of a router that was facing an ISP. The site was rather remote and so putting a hub in between the router and ISP and capturing the packets via Wireshark was going to be
Trouble with Exchange UM and arbitration mailbox corruption
One of our clients had an issue where their Unified Messaging arbitration mailbox had become corrupted. We were unable to change the audio files on the auto-attendants and we were seeing errors like this in the application logs: Event ID 1431 UM can’t save the Call Data Record message to the